Why do radio stations keep playing the same stuff over and over?

This has been on my mind for years now:

Why do most radio stations insist on playing the same selection of songs over and over?

I imagine it must be a copyrights thing? Pay for usage of this particular catalogue for a year?

Don’t those DJs get absolutely sick of it after a while?

OwOarchist 11 points 19 hours ago

Radio stations play what's popular. What's popular is what's on the radio. It's a vicious fucking cycle of self-reinforcement.

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